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Canning Meat

Canning meat is a very valuble tool that I use to save money in my kitchen. For example Saturday our local store had Boneless Skinless Chicken breast for a unheard of price of 99 cents a pound. I had not seen it that low around here in years ! I knew that this was  a good oppurtunity to save some money long term by buying in bulk. I purchase 70 pounds for my family and 30 pounds for Aprils church meal . Canning meat is much easier than one might expect. Raw pack clean jars and add 1 tsp of salt and seal and pressure can 1 1/2 hours at 10 pounds of pressure. THATS IT ! How easy is that !! I have several recipes that I use this canned meat for. I will share my favorite below. Here are some things that we use canned chicken for : Chicken salad , Chicken pot pie, BBQ chicken, King Ranch chicken, just to name a few.

When I first heard of canning meat many years ago I thought YUK , look at it this way if you see it in the grocery store chances are you will be able to can it yourself. Ball canning company puts out a book every year sold along side their jars . In this book you will find many meat recipes. One word of caution , old timers tend to not worry so much about spoilage . Get your advise from a book like ball on doing meats and low acid foods. Its better to be safe than sorry!

        Childrens favorite chicken casserole

1 quart jar drained chicken chopped

1 1/2 cup white sauce or 1 can cream soup

8 oz's sour cream

45 Ritz crumbled crackers

1/2 stick melted butter

 Mix first 3 ing well pour into greased pan. In same bowl melt butter and toss cracker crumbs till coated. Top casserole , bake 350 till bubbley.

I double this recipe and use only 1 quart chicken and 1 pint.  ~Enjoy~

~Living my dream~

Stefanie

Introduction !

Hello Homesteading friends ! I am sooooo glad I found you and thanks to Crystal Miller of 'The family Homestead" for sharing a link to you .

I am a mother of 5 who homeschools, lives on 5 acres in Tennessee, loves to do many things pretaining to homestead but am still a amature at best !

I have for some time been thinking of starting a jornal of our day to day activities . After reading 'blogs' I thought this is a great way to do it.

I am still learning computer stuff so if I say I am going to do something like post picutures , bear with me becuase I am still trying to learn to do this.

Also would wanted to say that I sure have enjoyed the' Random Blog' . It is a great way to get to know people !

~Living my dream~

Stefanie